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1 30Gag Ears (Grabbed by DrNoPuma)
A character with comically large ears.
0 15Falling Object Rescue (up for grabs)
Someone is saved from a falling bit of debris
3 7Pretending To Be Transformed
A being pretends to be transformed, but actually, that's their true form.
6 17This Could Have Been You
The story ends with a character Breaking The Fourth Wall to warn the audience that the story's events could happen to them.
0 8Classical Mythical Media (Index)
Post-classical works that are based on Greek and Roman mythology (adapted from the Myth.Classical Mythology page).
0 6Deathbed Gold Rush
A rich person is dying, and their family gather around in hope of getting a good inheritance
0 19Ladder Of Mishap
A ladder in comedy leads to accidents.
9 7Convenient Brain Damage
A character receives a traumatic head injury that not only has no negative affects, but cures whatever mental illness they may have had and possibly makes them a genius.
4 6"Royal Road" Progression
Chord progression extremely common in Eastern music.
0 6Internal Reveal Reaction Cut
An Internal Reveal occurs off-screen, cutting straight to characters reacting to the news.
1 20Circus Stories
An index of works set in or centring on circuses and carnivals.
13 21"Face Down, Ass Up" Pose
A Stock Pose where a character is on all fours, facing the viewer or reader.
3 0Quirky Small Business in Large Corporation Ad
Ads for business services always feature a cute, kitschy manufacturer as a sample customer
1 12Recut Trailer Parody
A trailer that misrepresents the work for parody purposes.
3 6Ironic Lullaby
A lullaby which is presented as scary or sad instead of comforting.
4 6MRE for the Common Man
A military staple utilized by non-military individuals
0 9Toku Splash Damage (Needs Examples)
A tokusatsu-specific trope: Outside the context of the story, for the safety of the actors, attack explosion effects will occur far in front or behind them, but never close-to or on-top-of them.
0 13Feeding Means Breeding
Feed them, and there will be more
0 43Adaptational Consistency
An adaptation alters a work featuring Early Installment Weirdness to make it more in line with other works in the franchise.
0 13Night Watch Hijinks
When keeping watch goes wrong in some way or another.
Created: Oct 1st 2022 at 4:31:09 PM